Posted by Mark Parnell on 01/09/06 07:01

Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Jake
<jake@gododdin.demon.co.uk> spouted in alt.html:

> If it really was an issue, then browser manufacturers would provide a
> setting to override the spawning of a new window -- forcing the target
> to be the existing window.

As others have pointed out, they already do.

> Fine. That's what I'd do; seems to be quite a common practice.

Lemming mentality? ;-)

> (It often annoys me when I take a link to another site only to find that
> the page's author has been too lazy to open a new window for me.)

It's not laziness. In fact if they've considered the issue and still not
done it, then it's thoughtfulness. OTOH, authors who do set links to
open in a new window are writing the site for themselves, instead of for
their visitors. That's not laziness either, but it's selfishness.

If that's the behaviour *you* prefer, then configure your browser to
open links to new sites in a new window. But don't expect site authors
to foist your preferences on all their visitors.

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